NASCAR K&N series is coming to BIR Memorial Day Weekend

SCCA to share the track; Street Car Showdown on the drag strip

Brainerd International Raceway will host its first-ever NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race this season, a race that will highlight a speed-filled Memorial Day weekend.

Race fans will get their fill of racing May 25-27. Joining NASCAR on the 2.5-mile, 13-turn Competition Road Course will be the Sports Car Club of America's (SCCA) Harvey West Classic. On the drag strip, the 4th Annual Street Car Showdown will kick off the three-race Muscle Car Series.

The NASCAR race will be Saturday only. There will be practice sessions, qualifying and the 50-lap, 125-mile race.

When NASCAR isn't on the track, the SCCA will feature national- and regional-level drivers competing in the Harvey West Classic. Drivers will be racing in more than 20 different classes, meaning high car counts, fierce competition and great action for fans, who will see high-performace race cars like Formula Enterprise, Grand Touring cars, Morgans, TVRs, Lolas, Spec Racer Fords and muscle cars like Mustangs, Cameros, Corvettes, etc. The SCCA will race rain or shine.

NASCAR hasn't held a race at BIR since 2004, when the NASCAR Elite Division came to town for a single race. The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West is a more competitive racing league and is considered a developmental series for the future stars of the premier NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series. Kevin Harvick and David Gililland are two examples of drivers who came up through the K&N Pro Series and are competitive at the Sprint Cup level.

More details on both of these events are still to come.

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